The seventh annual meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure took place on 16th and 17th January 2020 in New Delhi with around 80 participants. Germany and India established the Working Group in 2013 to strengthen their economic and technical cooperation, reduce technical barriers to trade, and increase product safety. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy (BMWi) and the Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in collaboration with other Ministries are working closely together on standardization, accreditation and conformity assessment, metrology, product safety and market surveillance. Director General Stefan Schnorr of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy noted that quality infrastructure is the language of international trade. With a growing relevance of technical regulations - such as mandatory standards exchange on regulatory approaches and compliance procedures eases doing business and boosts trade.
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